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See how you translated the name of this city in Genesis 28:18.
in the land of Canaan. He blessed me and said to me
This can be translated with the new sentence starting in a different place: "in the land of Canaan, and he blessed me. And he said to me"
Behold
“Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.”
make you fruitful, and multiply you
The words "fruitful" and "multiply" say the same thing for emphasis. Alternate translation: "I will give you very many descendants." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
multiply you. I will make of you an assembly
"multiply you, and I will make many nations come from you"
an everlasting possession
"a permanent possession"